Chris Silverwood’s Sri Lanka suffer embarrassing defeat in the opening game of the T20 World Cup

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Chris Silverwood’s Sri Lanka suffer embarrassing defeat in the opening game of the T20 World Cup

<div></div> <div> <h2>Chris Silverwood’s Sri Lanka suffers an embarrassing 55-run defeat in the opening match of the T20 World Cup at the hands of Namibia…who are the world’s number 14</h2> <p><strong>Sri Lanka has lost the opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup to Namibia</strong><br /> <strong>Chris Silverwood’s side remained humiliated after losing 55 runs in the area</strong><br /> <strong>Namibia bowled beautifully as they held Sri Lanka for just 108 . could fire</strong><br /> <strong>England take on Pakistan in a final warm-up match before their tournament begins</strong></p> <p class="author-section byline-plain">By Paul Newman for the Daily Mail <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=Paul_NewmanDM&tw_p=followbutton" class="twitter-follow-author" rel="noopener"><span class="follow-author"></span></a> </p> <p class="byline-section"><span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Published:</span> 01:04, October 17, 2022 </span> | <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Updated:</span> 01:06, 17 October 2022 </span> </p> <p>   <!– </p> <p>  <!–</p> <p>  <!– </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>  <!–</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  <!–</p> <p>  <!– </p> <div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Twenty20 World Cup started yesterday, just 11 months after the last, with a big shock – and former England coach Chris Silverwood was the victim.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Silverwood, who was appointed coach of Sri Lanka six months ago, had made a great start to winning the Asia T20 Cup last month. But he could only watch in despair as his side collapsed to 108 all-out in Geelong to give Namibia, the world’s number 14, a 55-run victory in the first game of the World Cup group stage. Namibia’s only other test country win was against Ireland in 2021.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Elsewhere, the Netherlands won the second match in Group A, beating the United Arab Emirates by three wickets.</p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Chris Silverwood ‘could only watch in despair as his side collapsed to 108 all in Geelong’</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">But all eyes will be on the only team to have won the Twenty20 World Cup twice – the West Indies – who brought an inexperienced team to Australia after their old big guns failed to fire in the UAE last year. Scotland and Ireland are in Group B alongside the West Indies and Zimbabwe. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 12s, where the winner of Group A and the runner-up in Group B will face England. Meanwhile, the English side has been forced by the ICC to travel to Brisbane via Perth and Canberra to take on Pakistan in what will be a glorified exercise, before another five-and-a-half-hour plane journey back to Perth prior to their tournament opener against Afghanistan on Saturday.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">However, England already feel prepared after playing seven games in Pakistan and three against Australia and have no desire to face Pakistan today.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“Honestly, we can do without it,” admitted England’s David Willey. “Flying all the way back to Perth afterwards is a bit tedious. Realistically we could have done without it.’</p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Namibia is number 14 in the world, but upset Sri Lanka in the opening game of the World Cup </p> </div> </div> <p> </p> <div class="column-content cleared"> <div class="shareArticles"> <h3 class="social-links-title">Share or comment on this article: </h3> </div> </div> </div>

Chris Silverwood’s Sri Lanka suffers an embarrassing 55-run defeat in the opening match of the T20 World Cup at the hands of Namibia…who are the world’s number 14

Sri Lanka has lost the opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup to Namibia
Chris Silverwood’s side remained humiliated after losing 55 runs in the area
Namibia bowled beautifully as they held Sri Lanka for just 108 . could fire
England take on Pakistan in a final warm-up match before their tournament begins

By Paul Newman for the Daily Mail

Published: 01:04, October 17, 2022 | Updated: 01:06, 17 October 2022

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The Twenty20 World Cup started yesterday, just 11 months after the last, with a big shock – and former England coach Chris Silverwood was the victim.

Silverwood, who was appointed coach of Sri Lanka six months ago, had made a great start to winning the Asia T20 Cup last month. But he could only watch in despair as his side collapsed to 108 all-out in Geelong to give Namibia, the world’s number 14, a 55-run victory in the first game of the World Cup group stage. Namibia’s only other test country win was against Ireland in 2021.

Elsewhere, the Netherlands won the second match in Group A, beating the United Arab Emirates by three wickets.

Chris Silverwood ‘could only watch in despair as his side collapsed to 108 all in Geelong’

But all eyes will be on the only team to have won the Twenty20 World Cup twice – the West Indies – who brought an inexperienced team to Australia after their old big guns failed to fire in the UAE last year. Scotland and Ireland are in Group B alongside the West Indies and Zimbabwe. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 12s, where the winner of Group A and the runner-up in Group B will face England. Meanwhile, the English side has been forced by the ICC to travel to Brisbane via Perth and Canberra to take on Pakistan in what will be a glorified exercise, before another five-and-a-half-hour plane journey back to Perth prior to their tournament opener against Afghanistan on Saturday.

However, England already feel prepared after playing seven games in Pakistan and three against Australia and have no desire to face Pakistan today.

“Honestly, we can do without it,” admitted England’s David Willey. “Flying all the way back to Perth afterwards is a bit tedious. Realistically we could have done without it.’

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